Hieroglyphics - The Writings of Ancient Egypt

Over 1,000 two-color line drawings, 160 black-and-white photographs

Info autore

Maria Carmelo Betrò, Egyptologist and Professor at the University of Pisa, Italy, is the author of many works on hieroglyphic and demotic texts.

Riassunto

Presenting almost 600 of the figures used in the classic phase of Egypt's "sacred writing," this fascinating volume traces the origins and the meaning of each Hieroglyph, as well as its graphic stylisation.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Maria Carmelo Bertro, Maria C. Betro, Maria Carmela Betro, Maria Carmelo Betro, Betro Maria C.
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.11.1996
• EAN: 9780789202321
• ISBN: 978-0-7892-0232-1
• Dimensioni: 162 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
• Peso: 857 g
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria, mondo antico; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Antike, Ägypten, Linguistics, HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, Egypt, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Afrikanische Sprachen, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / African Languages (see also Swahili), Archaeology by period / region, Non-Semitic Afro-Asiatic languages